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Sunday, September 16, 2007
![[Item Permalink]](http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/images/ur_bullet.gif){kind=small} Joost vs. Miro - closed vs. open -- Comment()
I have been testing the Miro program on my iMac - to watch videos and tv programs. A nice interface, although the Finnish localization sucks, and the system seems to work quite reliably despite being version 0.9.9.1. Miro is an early example of next generation internet - peer-to-peer technologies for various media formats, especially video. I hope openness wins. I have also tried Joost, which is in early beta, but I don't like the concept of DRM-infested world.
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Playing computer games in good company -- Comment()
It seems that computer games may be interesting after all - as a social phenomenon. Years ago I got bored with computer games (what is the point?), but now when I have been watching my daughters playing games on the iMac, I'm getting interested again. Not to play myself, but to take part in the social situation of gaming. And this is not a bad thing. It is completely different to play alone vs. in company.
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